Radio Drama: Historical and Theoretical Perspectives

我已经获得了一份合同，将为曼彻斯特大学出版社撰写一本名为《在恐怖中倾听：从广播的到来到iPod的英国恐怖广播》的专著，该专著将于2012年出版。这个项目的研究建立在我的经验和专业知识的研究，最直接的工作，我进行了恐怖的空气：恐怖电台在美国，1931年至1952年（麦克法兰2006年）：第一个全长研究美国恐怖电台这是研究和写作的支持下，从艺术和人文研究委员会小额赠款在表演艺术奖在2004年。《空中恐怖》得到了非常积极的评价，被描述为“一本写得很好、有大量文献记载、经过大量研究的书”（Illustrated Press 342，2006年9月），一本“优秀的研究”（Gothic Studies 9.2，2007年），以及“一部精湛的”作品，“填补了广播史上的一个重要利基”（Journalism History，2007年7月）。《空中恐怖》也使我在广播剧方面有了媒体形象，自其出版以来，我在英国广播公司的广播新闻和纪录片（世界服务和广播4台的今日节目）以及澳大利亚、德国和美国广播中露面。我的新专着将是另一本开创性的书，这一次提供了第一个全长研究恐怖电台和'口语'恐怖表演在英国。从实验前无线电音频文化，现场广播（20世纪20 - 50年代）的先驱天，通过预先录制的广播戏剧的时代，我们自己的时间数字音频文化，这卷将提供一个历史，批判性和理论探索的恐怖广播和“口语”的恐怖表现在英国。这本书将着眼于关键问题，如写作和叙事，表演实践（演员，导演，音效和音乐）和整个历史上最被忽视的流行艺术形式的接受：广播剧和“口语”听觉文化。完成产出需要主要利用档案资源和理论参与进行研究，但作为一个有成就的从业者，我在现场恐怖广播剧中进行了两次实验，我打算在戏剧和广播工作室中进行实验，以巩固我的书面研究。

I have secured a contract to write a monograph entitled Listen in Terror: British Horror Radio from the Advent of Broadcasting to the iPod for Manchester University Press to be published in 2012. The research for this project builds upon my experience and expertise in research, most directly upon the work I undertook for Terror on the Air: Horror Radio in America, 1931-52 (McFarland 2006): the first full-length study of US horror radio which was researched and written with support from an Arts and Humanities Research Board Small Grant in the Performing Arts awarded in 2004. Terror on the Air has enjoyed extremely positive reviews, being described as 'a well written, highly documented, greatly researched book' (Illustrated Press 342, September 2006), an 'excellent study' (Gothic Studies 9.2, 2007), and 'a masterful' work which 'fills a vital niche in broadcasting history' (Journalism History, July 2007). Terror on the Air has also given me a media profile with regard to radio drama and since its publication I have made appearances on radio news and documentaries for the BBC (World Service and Radio 4's Today programme) as well as on Australian, German, and American radio. My new monograph will be another groundbreaking book this time offering the first full-length study of horror radio and 'spoken word' horror performance in Britain. From experiments in pre-radio audio cultures, the pioneering days of live radio broadcasting (1920-50s), through the era of pre-recorded broadcast drama to the digital audio cultures of our own time, this volume will offer an historical, critical and theoretical exploration of horror radio and 'spoken word' horror performance in Britain. The book will look at key issues such as writing and narrative, performance practice (actor, director, sound effects and music) and reception throughout the history of that most neglected of popular art forms: radio drama and 'spoken word' auditory cultures.The completion of the output requires research to be conducted primarily using archival resources and theoretical engagement, but as an accomplished practitioner having written and webcast/broadcast two experiments in live horror radio drama I intend to underpin my written research with an element of experimentation within drama and radio studios.